TPM: How To Ditch Hyde Anti-Abortion Law And Win Elections

Monday, September 30, 2013

Our friends over at TPM (Talking Points Memo) have published a proposal to all politicians. The article is a response to the 37th anniversary
of the Hyde Amendment, abortion access, women in politics, and the importance of funding reproductive healthcare.

“How to Ditch Hyde Anti-Abortion Law And Win Elections” is
an Op-Ed article collaboratively written by Forward Together’s Executive
Director Eveline Shen, and Reproductive Health Technologies Project’s President
and CEO Jessica Arons. Below is a short excerpt of the insightful piece,

“There is a new generation of activists rising
up and they are looking for leaders who are bold, for champions who are
unafraid to buck convention and stand up for what is right. They want elected
officials to address their needs and the needs of their communities. They want
action not platitudes. And opposing the Hyde Amendment, believe it or not, just
might give lawmakers that opening.

The Hyde Amendment, a law that withholds
Medicaid coverage for abortion care from low-income women, turns 37 today.
Spurred by the purported rationale that taxes should not go toward abortion,
the measure has not only been expanded over the course of nearly four decades
to deny abortion coverage to virtually any woman who receives health insurance
or care from the government; it has become one of the most entrenched policies
of all time.“